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The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Independent Student Newspaper of UW Oshkosh Campuses

The Advance-Titan

Kim Kristin Loschen / Advance-Titan — A student votes at UW Oshkosh in Tuesday's election.

Woldt keeps his seat on Circuit Court, Mugeraurer becomes mayor

Linda Bachmann and Kim Kristin Loschen, Staff Writers April 5, 2023

Winnebago County Circuit Court Judge Scott Woldt will keep his position in Branch 2 after Tuesday’s election, receiving 23,457 votes, or 51.4% of total votes cast. Challenger LaKeisha Haase, 44, an...

Photo courtesy WCHD — The Wisconsin National Guard, Winnebago County Health Department staff and volunteers celebrate together after providing a record 1,256 vaccine doses on day three of the Sunnyview Expo vaccine clinic.

Sunnyview Expo Center to end COVID-19 testing and vaccinations

Submitted news April 3, 2023

After more than two and a half years of operation, the Winnebago County Health Department will no longer be offering COVID-19 testing or vaccination at Sunnyview Expo Center in Oshkosh. The last day for...

Cookin’ with gas: UWO professor earns patent for flameless industrial oven

Cookin’ with gas: UWO professor earns patent for flameless industrial oven

Submitted news April 2, 2023

Call it a hot new invention. Pawel Olszewski, a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh associate mechanical engineering technology professor, recently was granted a U.S. patent for his flameless impingement...

Confused about the referendums? Read this

Kyiah Nelson, Copy Desk Chief March 29, 2023

Three referendum questions will be on the April 4 ballot in Wisconsin, and many people are complaining that the wording is so confusing that they’re not sure what they are voting for or against. The...

Anya Kelley/Advance-Titan — The April 4 election will determine who will replace retiring Justice Pat Justice Roggensack on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Supreme Court race huge in impact and cost

Anya Kelley, News Editor March 29, 2023

April 4, 2023 marks an important upcoming election for Wisconsin: selecting a new Wisconsin Supreme Court member. The election has gained national attention for the divisive policy opinions surrounding...

 Advance-Titan file photo - The tiny homes located in Oshkosh Wisconsin. The Oshkosh Kids Foundation hopes to reduce the homeless children population by giving families a place to live in exchange for civil services.

Tiny homes help combat homeless children

Payton Murphy, Guest Writer March 29, 2023

To many, homelessness can seem like a distant concept; it is something that only happens in movies or TV shows for dramatic tension, or something that only is talked about on the news. Some Oshkosh...

Advance-Titan Photo - The Advance-Titan took home 17 awards at the 2022 Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest in Madison, including winning first place for
website design, breaking news reporting, feature writing and editorial writing.

Advance-Titan staff win 17 awards

Barb Benish, Advance-Titan Adviser March 29, 2023

The Advance-Titan staff received 17 awards in the 2022 Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest that were awarded Friday at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Convention. Eligible entries were published...

Courtesy of алесь усцінаў / Pexels 
 Rubble and debris from buildings clutter the streets of a Ukrainian city. Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, more than 8 million Ukrainians have fled the country. At least 6,000 Ukrainian children have
been taken to Russian camps and other facilities.

UWO professor reflects on life in Iziaslav, Ukraine

Anya Kelley, News Editor March 29, 2023

In the one year since Vladimir Putin directed Russian forces to invade Ukraine, more than 8,000 civilians have died and another 13,000 have been injured. Villages have been wiped out and billions of dollars...

Courtesy of Thom Hadel, Back Row Photography - UWO student Taylor Swanson is crowned Miss Oshkosh 2023 by Miss Oshkosh 2022 and UWO alumna Kianna Fiedler

UWO student wins Miss Oshkosh, talks mental health

Josh Lehner, Assistant News Editor March 29, 2023

UWO student Taylor Swanson is crowned Miss Oshkosh 2023 by UWO alumna Kianna Fiedler, who won Miss Oshkosh 2022. UW Oshkosh student Taylor Swanson, who was recently named Miss Oshkosh 2023, now aims...

Financial Corner: Making the most of digital payments

Candice Wagener, Guest Columnist March 29, 2023

As money becomes increasingly digital, peer-to-peer (P2P) payments – think Venmo, Zelle® and PayPal – are in demand. These services are convenient as long as you are smart about how you use them.   Let’s...

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